ATLANTIC THEOLOGICAL CONFERENCE - 2010
Monday, 01 March 2010 15:00
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May 30 (evening) to June 2 (noon)
Moncton, New Brunswick
The 30th annual Atlantic Theological Conference will be held in 2010 from Sunday evening, May 30 until Wednesday June 2 (ending at noon). Members of the board of the US Prayer Book Society are among the speakers. The location will be St. George's Church, Moncton, New Brunswick. Two Moncton parishes, St. George's and St. Philip's will be co-hosting the conference.
Topic of the Conference: "Knit together in one communion": Anglican Identity and the Challenge of Diversity
Speakers will include The Rev'd Canon Alyson Barnett-Cowan, The Rev'd Dr. Ephraim Radner, Dr. Roberta Bayer, The Rev'd Gavin Dunbar, The Rev'd Dr. Ranall Ingalls, and Bishop Stephen Andrews (preaching at the Conference Eucharist).
Subjects to be covered by the various speakers will include "Anglican Identity", "The Instruments of Unity", "Unity and Diversity in the history of Anglicanism", "Unity and Faith -- Does doctrine matter?", and "Common Prayer as Matrix of Unity and Communion".
Conference Website
The office of the Atlantic Theological Conference & of St. Peter Publications can be contacted by email (
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Last Updated on Monday, 01 March 2010 15:14
Reformed & Catholic
Tuesday, 16 February 2010 08:52
Gavin Dunbar
 One of the distinctive features of late Anglicanism was the parties that arose out of the 18th century Evangelical revival and the 19th century Catholic revival. At times locked in partisan conflict, they nonetheless testified to Anglicanism's debt to the past.
Evangelicals looked to the 16th century Reformation, while Catholics looked to the traditions of the ancient and medieval church. The way in which this was done was often one-sided. Evangelicals jumped over the fifteen centuries between the apostles and Martin Luther (though acknowledging Augustine and Wycliffe), Catholics tended to jump straight from the 1530's (when Henry VIII broke with the papacy and dissolved the monasteries) to the 1830's (when John Keble's Assize sermon launched the catholic revival in the Church of England).
Narrow, partisan, and shallow as these opposed accounts could be, they nonetheless did acknowledge the definitive claim of the Christian tradition and the Bible on the present and future. For a long time, therefore, for all their deficiencies, Anglican evangelicals and catholics had an important role in anchoring Anglicanism against the tides of late modern secularism with its liberal approach to scripture. It is significant that, at least in their inception, both revivals appealed to the historic Prayer Book (although unfortunately as these movements developed, for reasons connected with a too lenient view of liberal theology, they tended to abandon that original attachment.)
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As In Adam All Die
Wednesday, 17 February 2010 07:40
Gavin Dunbar
 The ceremony that gives the first day of Lent is traditional name, Ash Wednesday, speaks directly to the heart of the gospel. Ashes are imposed on the foreheads of the faithful by the priest, who says, "Remember O man, that dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return" - a form of words derived from God's judgment on Adam's disobedience, (Genesis 3:19).
With those words we acknowledge our solidarity with sinful Adam, and the death both physical and spiritual, which is he wage justly paid for our disobedience to God, who is the source of all life. Yet, in humbly acknowledging the justice of God's judgment against us, we appeal for his mercy to save and deliver us from ourselves: "Turn thou us, O good Lord, and so shall we be turned". This dust can only live again if God himself revive us by his Spirit and reform us by his Word. And so our repentance is a plea for spiritual resurrection. "As in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall be made alive" (1 Corinthians 15:22).
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The Cradle of Prayer: New Online Resource
Thursday, 17 December 2009 08:41
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 From the press release: ASHEVILLE, NC - The Cradle of Prayer is a new online resource offering hope, comfort, and compassion through prayer and soothing classic hymns and song. Recordings are provided in an order of service for each day of the year, and Sunday morning prayers are offered as a free mp3 download.
The Cradle of Prayer is a place to connect with the ancient rule of life in prayer. Each day, professionally recorded prayers and song are available for users to download and enjoy in the privacy of their home, in the car, or iPod. Listeners can participate in the reading of The Lord's Prayer and the Psalms, along with morning and evening prayers from the 1928 Book of Common Prayer (BCP).
This project was founded by Asheville soprano Stacy Stephens, who opens each service with a seasonal verse of a hymn. "Years ago I fell in love with the 1928 Book of Common Prayer and kept wondering how I might bring it to life for people of all faiths to enjoy," Stephens said. She has worked with the Asheville Lyric Opera in its recital series, and most recently debuted with the Brevard Philharmonic, singing music from My Fair Lady and The Sound of Music.
The Rev. Paul Blankinship of All Saints Anglican Church in Mills River reads the prayers and Psalms for each service. "So many people desire to pray better." said Blankinship. "I do, too, and these services let me pray great things and grow into them."
The Cradle of Prayer is a place to connect to the ancient order of life in prayer, with scripture readings from the Bible for 365 days a year.
www.CradleofPrayer.org
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In a recent address, "What is this personal ordinariate?" (http://www.anglocatholic.net/) about the Anglican option now being offered by Rome, Bishop Peter J. Elliott, Roman Catholic Auxiliary Bishop of Melbourne, Australia, offered this criticism of the Prayer Book in his discussion of the liturgy for use by Anglican Roman Catholics.
